Medical container for storage and disposal

Abstract

The main part of the container is a square shape box, the inside of which is divided crosswise with partition walls, and each stock space has a flap lid to prevent loss of the substance placed inside, and alto to prevent infection. Numbers are applied on top of the flap lid to facilitate counting and distinguishing of each stock space. The material used for parts other than the bottom plate is transparent resin, to visually reconfirm the stored substances in a safe manner. The container is made of uniform molding method enabling affordable manufacturing of the container. With the above means, a safe easy-to-use medical container for counting, keeping, and storing and disposing of used surgical needles, gauze pieces, extracted stones and organ pieces, is provided.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A medical container for storage and disposal which can be used to count, to distinguish, to store or to dispose used surgical needles, gauze pieces, extracted stones and organ pieces, the container of which consists of the main box and the main lid, wherein the inside of the main box is divided lengthwise and breadthwise by partition walls, and a flap lid is applied on top of each of the divided stock space, each flap lid bends inwards when a substance is pushed on top of the lid, and when the substance drops inside the stock space the lid returns to its original position with its own resilient force and the lid closes; numbers are applied on top of the lid for counting and visual confirmation, and the side walls, partition walls, the flap lids and the main lid are all made of transparent resin, and adhesive pads are adhered on the outside of the bottom plate of the main box for slip-proof, and when substances are stored inside the box, the main box is covered with the main lid, sealed up and preserved or disposed.  
     
     
         2 . A manufacturing method for the main part of the medical container for storage and disposal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the side walls of the main box, the partition walls, the flap lids are all made of transparent plastic resin manufactured with uniform injection molding method, the flap lid made so that the root par which bends is made thinly with springy features, the numbers on top of the flap lids are embossed with mould or shaved, the right and the left sides and the front side of the flap lid is cut off with Thompson razor blade after the molding to enable open-and-close structure, and the separately molded bottom plate is applied onto the main box.